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Air quality monitoring equipment is seen at Lario Park, used temporarily by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to process hazardous materials from the Eaton Fire, in Irwindale, Calif., Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

As crews clean up from L.A. wildfires, some residents are furious over hazardous waste

By Dorany Pineda - Associated Press

Construction workers set up gravel to prevent ground contamination at the grounds of Lario Park to be used by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) temporarily for processing hazardous materials from the Eaton Fire, in Irwindale, Calif., Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

As crews clean up from L.A. wildfires, some residents are furious over hazardous waste

By Dorany Pineda - Associated Press

Former Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, appears before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump’s EPA nominee stays vague on plans as senators press him on climate views

By Michael Phillis - Associated Press

Former Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, appears before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Senate confirms Zeldin to lead Environmental Protection Agency as Trump vows to cut climate rules

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

FILE - Myrtle Felton, from left, Sharon Lavigne, Gail LeBoeuf and Rita Cooper, members of RISE St. James, conduct a live stream video on property owned by Formosa on March 11, 2020, in St. James Parish, La. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

In policy reversal, Trump eliminates help for Black and Latino communities hit harder by pollution

By Michael Phillis and Alexa St. John - Associated Press

Former Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, appears before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Zeldin, HUD pick Eric Scott Turner testify as part of a busy day of confirmation hearings

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Former Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., speaks at a rally in Concord, N.H., Jan. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) **FILE**

Trump EPA nominee Lee Zeldin says climate change is real

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Carl Rocha, left, and Patrick Plummer, with Bills Heating &amp; A/C, install air conditioning and a new furnace at a home on East Wabash Street in Spokane, Wash., on Wednesday, June 23, 2021. (Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review via AP) **FILE**

Green energy law to crack down on HVAC units in new year

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

FILE - EPA Administrator Michael Regan stands near the Marathon Petroleum Refinery as he conducts a television interview, while touring neighborhoods that abut the refinery, in Reserve, La., Nov. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

EPA head Regan, who championed environmental justice, to leave office Dec. 31

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

FILE - Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan speaks at Howard University, April 25, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)

EPA grants California authority to ban sales of new gas cars by 2035

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

In this June 5, 2017, photo pumpjacks work in an oil field at sunset after a thunderstorm passed through the area in Karnes City, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) **FILE**

Trump team to revive fossil fuels, end Biden policies; renewable energy advocates prepare challenges

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Illustration on news media lies by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Why people do not and should not trust today’s legacy news media

By Michael McKenna

FILE - A flare burns natural gas at an oil well in Watford City, N.D., Aug. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Biden EPA to charge first-ever ‘methane fee’ for drilling waste by oil and gas companies

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he will nominate former Rep. Lee Zeldin, New York Republican, to head the Environmental Protection Agency, putting a key Trump loyalist in line for the helm of a critical regulatory agency. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump taps former Rep. Lee Zeldin to lead EPA

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

EPA imposes stricter standards to protect children from exposure to lead paint

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

The Supreme Court is seen on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Liberal justices question San Francisco in EPA fight over water pollution limits

By Stephen Dinan and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

A copper water supply line, left, is shown connected to a water main after being installed for lead pipe, right, July 20, 2018, in Flint, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Biden sets a 10-year deadline for U.S. cities to replace lead pipes and make drinking water safer

By Matthew Daly and Michael Phillis - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with the members of his cabinet and first lady Jill Biden, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

House backs measure to overturn Biden auto emissions rule that Republicans say would force EV sales

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

Biofuel blending volumes and deadlines illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

EPA’s 18-month blunder on biofuel blending volumes

By Rep. Randy Feenstra

The sign for the Environmental Protection Agency is shown in Washington on Sept. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Feds violate OSHA standards at thousands of government properties

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times